Hello all! I'm excited to be telling you guys about another idea for a book (because you know that is what I am aspiring to be now an "INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLING AUTHOR." Yes, yet another reason why I practice writing everyday even when I don't feel like it . . . Look right now I really don't physically feel like it because I'm in some pain.
My right hand is really swollen right now from a wasp sting yesterday!
I mean, my hand is really getting big and it is really uncomfortable to type right now . . .but any who, I'm working through it. I had an idea about a book because of something that I heard someone say recently . . . and it's not like I haven't though it once or twice, but it got me thinking about some things . . .
The comment was
"God told me I was going to win the lottery, and everything was going to be OK for me"
I would like to support everyone's dreams about winning the lottery but there are just a few things about this that doesn't seem to fit into God's plan. I heard my husband say this before too. He would tell me all the things that he would love to do if he had ever won the lottery. I would dream with him, about the exotic vacations, the new cars, the new house and everything else that we thought went along with winning the lottery:
#1 What are the chances really?
In an article I found at Forbes online:
Mathematician Paul Dryer states the following about a 428 million dollar pot back in January 2016:
"The probability of winning the big prize is 1 in 292,201,338."
He goes on to say:
"The naive argument would be that once the jackpot gets above $473 million, you should buy a ticket because your expected winnings per ticket is greater than the $2 you spent on the ticket."
But what if everyone is thinking the same way and everyone is buying a ticket because the jackpot is so large, What Then?
Well, you share with all those who also won, or partially won depending on the numbers they matched up. Then get ready for the taxes!
"The cash now option is typically 60 to 70% of the jackpot. For the current jackpot it is $428.4M, about 61% of the annuity total. Taxes eat up nearly half of your winnings: The winner will be doling out 39.6%, for federal taxes, and your state (and possibly city) may take a portion."
So, is that worth it. some people say, well that is all they need to change their life. Who cares, I'll walk away with the 180 million from the 473 million pot.
And that is fine, but do you know what to do with your money? Do you know how to maximize your winnings. Do you know or care to know about investing, stocks, bond options or other things that will help your money grow?
#2 Money does not make everything "OK." That is a lie and a trick of the devil!
Here is the idea for the book I want to write: "Chances are: You're not going to win the Lottery"
or maybe
"Odds are, You're not Going to Win the Lottery,"
Realistically, let's look at the statistics: on a 473 million dollar pot your odds are
1 in 292,201,338
The Odds are against you . . .
Now, I don't say this to be negative or to crush anyone's dreams but for those of you who are thinking that your life is going to change because "God" told you that you are going to win the lottery, is just a little confused about how God works . . .
#3 God doesn't work that way
God is not a short cut God!
Anything that you aspire to have, you have to manifest it into your life by the works of faith . . .
Faith without works is dead!
What does that mean?
It means that although God wants to bless us with the many things that he has for us, he has to prepare us to receive it. He has to prepare our management skills, he has to prepare our minds, he has to prepare our life, he has to prepare our surroundings, he has to prepare our vision . . . There is so much preparation to be done.
Our work is to let God do his work in us. We do that by being obedient to his will. We trust and believe that the vision that God gives us will come to pass. We believe this by faith and we go through the necessary steps to grow in our purpose. This is not something that is just going to be handed over to you. You have to learn how to let God lead you to it.
If you are not acting on purpose, you are not acting on the will of God!
You will not receive what is due to you if you just are sitting on your butt doing nothing but dreaming. Some people think that they are going to win the lottery when the don't even play! This is already proof of a mind falling into a system of disillusion.
For Christians, we shouldn't play the lottery. Why? Because it is a game of chance. God does not make things by chance. Everything that God makes is on purpose.
It is not in God's plan to make you lazy or keep you lazy. It is not God's plan or purpose to keep you in the same mindset or the same place by sending you crutches in life. No honey, God's word is a law of sowing and reaping. It is a law of growth. It is a law of process. God's plan is to help you not to hinder you by expecting magic to happen.
Our God is not a God of magic!
Our God is supernatural who teaches us how to obtain things by faith.
Supernatural and Magic are 2 different things.
Winning the lottery is short cut dream not given to you by God.
God tells us in his word not to dream the dreams that the world has given us to dream. Instead we have to get on God's page. We have to operate in God's will and purpose. His will and purpose for you is to be of the service that he has created you for. Working together, considering the needs of others and not to do things with selfish ambitions. Now, I'm not saying that winning the lottery is selfish, but the mind that plays the lottery may say that it will help people but what will the heart really do? Be very careful of the traps of the enemy.
. . .but I digress because I'm getting ready to make an outline to put all of this in my book . . .
Love you much, and know if you have an idea . . . and it is a service to people, then go for it. Why? Because having a God idea is more profitable then winning the lottery.
Until next Time
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